Button and button-fastening.



No. 892,003. PATENTBD JUNE 30, 1908. G. W. MoGILL.

BUTTON AND BUTTON FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1903.

e Y U Mmmm v wlINEssEs: INI/Enma GEORGE W. McGILL, OF RIVERDALE, NEWYORK.

BUTTON .AND BUTTON-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 80, 1908.

Application filed February 7, 1903. Serial No. 142,315.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MCGILL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Riverdale, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons andButton-Fastenings, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to an improvement on the invention patented to meDecember 16th, 1902, by United States Letters Patent, N o. 716,267,which has for its object the attaching of ordinary buttons such asbarbuttons, loop eyed buttons, and buttons of similar construction, toclothing and other fabrics by fastenings wherein there is no directconnection between the button proper and the fabric, the button properbeing secured direct and undetachably to an intervening attachingmember, and such intervening attaching member, having a buttonpermanently secured to it, in this manner eing later secured direct tothe fabric, to the end of providing always a swivel or flexible linkedconnection between the button proper and such intervening attachingmember independent of the manner by which the latter may be secured tothe fabric, and my present invention consists in a novel and convenientway of securing said intervening attaching member to such fabric.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and inwhich simiar reference letters and numerals indicate correspondingparts, Figure 1, shows a side elevation in vertical section of thebutton proper connected movably and undetachably with the interveningattaching' member of the device. Fig. 2, represents a side elevation ofthe device showing a modification in the interior arrangement of itsattaching member, the latter being shown in vertical section. Fig. 3, isa vertical sectional side elevation in perspective showing one half of asocketed riveting bur or anvil collet.

Fig. 4, is a vertical sectional view showing the lower surface of suchanvil bur collet inclosed in a metal case. Fig. 5, is a transversesection in perspective of such incased anvil bur collet having' its casecovered with cloth or leather. Fig. 6, is a side elevation of the deviceshowing a still further modiiication in the construction of itsattaching member, and showing the tubular rivet, depending from the baseof such attaching member, inserted through a fabric the attaching memberand the fabric being shown in cross section. Fig. 7, is a view similarto Fig. 6, showing the socketed riveting bur or collet illustrated inFig. 4, cngaging as intended the depending tubular rivet of theattaching memberl in securing the, device to a fabric, the lower part ofsuch tubular rivet, the engaging socketed riveting bur, and the fabricclamped between them, being shown in transverse section. Fig. S, isanother view in perspective of a cross section of the riveting buruncased and showing a modification in its construction, and Fig. 9,represents a vertical section of the two pieces forming the modifiedconstruction of the bur shown in Fig. S, before being secured together.

In the figures of the drawing, A, represents the button proper, formingwhat I designate the button member of the device, and a, its eye-bar.

B, represents the flexible button linking member, and B B, the samemember made of metal and non-flexible.

C, represents the intervening attaching member of the device, c, thecase of such member, and (Z, a packing or clamping plate used therein.e, represents a flanged tubular rivet forming the base of such member,and f its tubular depending stem.

G, represents the socketed riveting bur or anvil collet forming theriveting member of the device, -while H, represents a fabric to whichthe device may be attached,

In Fig. 1, of the drawing an eye-bar button is shown connected with theintervening attaching member C, by a linking member B, made of flexiblematerial. The case c, of the attaching member is provided with anaperture 1, in the center of its crown, and its base part consists ofthe flanged tubular rivet e, secured therein at the flanged end of thelatter, with its tubular stemf, outwardly depending therefrom. Thesocketed riveting bur, or anvil collet, constituting the riveting memberG, consists of a metal disk fashioned in manner to provide its centerwith a rentrant cavity or socket, 4, the floor or bottom wall, 5, ofwhich has a concavoconvex formation roviding its inner surface with ananvil.face of conoidal configuration projected towards the mouth, 4', ofthe cavity or socket, with the side wall, 5, of the cavity occupying a)lane adjacent to and substantially parallel with such anvil surface andproviding between such anvil surface and the wall an interveningvandcorres ondingly diverging groove or space, 6, wit said wall continuedupward above the apex of the anvilsurface and forming the contractedmouth, 4, of such rentrant cavity or socket, 4, and thereat foldedoutwardly into a broad bearing or clamping flange, 2, of singlethickness set rectangular with the axis of said socket, 4. This iiangemaybe provided with a depending outwardly flaring rim, 3, as shown inFigs. 3, 4, 5, and 7, or without such dependent rim, as shown in Figs. 8and 9.

To assemble the parts of the device as is shown in Fig. l, of thedrawing, the flexible member B, is passed over the eye-bar a, of thebutton proper in manner to have its center ride such eye-bar, and itsarms or ends inserted in the case c, of the attaching vmember C, throughthe opening l, in the crown thereof, and spread apart and so heldtherein by the packing or clamping plate d, which is now inserted in thecase in manner to bear against such spread arms, with the terminals ofthe latter folded toward each other on the under surface of such plateand against which they are clam ed by the flat top surface of the flangeof t e tubular rivet e, which is now inserted in the case, forming theflat base of the latter, and which is secured therein by the lower rimof the case being closed, or crimped, over its periphery.

The device so constructed is fastened to a fabric by passing the tubularstem,f, of the attaching member, C, its full length through an openingmade in the fabric and inserting that portion of it projecting beyondthe fabric in the rentrant cavity or socket, 4, of the riveting member,G, and pressing it with suflicientforce againstthe conoidal anvil faceformed by the inner surface of the wall, 5, of such cavity, to expand itthereon outwardly into the annular diverging space or groove, 6,intermediate such wall and anvil face, clenching it therein, and therebyriveting together the attaching member C, and the4 riveting member G,with the intervening fabric H, clamped between the base of suchattaching member C, and the outwardly pro jecting flat flanged top ofthe riveting mem ber G, as shown in Fig. 7.

In Figs. 2, 6 and 7., the linking member B B, is shown made of metalwhich permits the packing or clamping plate d, in the attaching memberto be dispensed with.

ln Fig. 6, the case c, is shown without a depending rim and the flangedend of the tubular rivet e is shown provided with a rim extending atright angles therefrom and with the top thereof flanged over the edge ofthe case c, securing these parts together with the spread arms of themetal linking memberB B, between them. i

The riveting member G, may be inclosed which the device may in a metalcase on its closed side asis shown in Fig. 4, the numeral 7, indicatingsuch case, and such case may be covered with cloth, leather or othermaterial as is shown in Fig. 5, wherein 8, represents such covering. Theriveting member G, may also be made as shown in Figs. 8, and 9, that isto say having its flat top, or bearing flange 2, unprovided with adepending rirn, and having its anvil part made of a separate piece ofmaterial, both parts being constructed and connected together in mannerto provide the conical shaped anvil surface 5, surrounded by the annularflaring groove 6, the anvil surface projecting upwardly to the mouth ofthe socket with the flat clamping-fiange 2, surrounding such socket.

The clamping surface of the base of the attaching member C and theoutwardly projecting iiange 2, of the riveting member, are substantiallyof corresponding diameter to insure a proper clamping between them ofthe intervening fabric.

What I claim herein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1.-As a new article of manufacture a combined button and button fasteningconsisting of a button proper and an attaching member, the button properbeing secured in link connection to such attaching member by means of aseparate piece of material engaging centrally with the button eye, andhaving its end parts secured to such attaching member directly andwithout engaging the fabric to which the device may be attached, suchattaching member being provided with independent means of securincr itto a fabric consisting of a hanged tubular rivet providing its basepart, and a separate socketed anvil bur adapted to receive, upset andspread out flaringly in a diverging groove located therein, the free endof the stem of such tubular rivet, said tubular rivet enga ing with suchfabric in manner to clamp theglatter between the under surface of itsflanged top and the upper surface of such anvil-bur.

2. As a new article of manufacture a combined button and buttonfastening consisting of a button proper and an attaching member, thebutton proper being secured in link connectionA to such attaching memberby means of a separate piece of material engaging centrally with thebutton eye, and having its end parts secured to such attaching memberdirectly and without engaging the fabric to be attached, in combinationwith independent means provided such attaching fabric, such meansconsisting of a flanged tubular rivet providing its base part, with thetubular stem of such rivet projecting outward therefrom, and a separatesocketed anvil-bur adapted to receive in its socketed center and tospread and fiare outwardly on its anvil face therein and into aninterior annular member for securing it to a groove surrounding suchanvil face, the free York and State of New York this fifth day of eng ofthe stem of such tabular rivet, seid February A. D. 1903.

tu 111er rivet eneafinU with such fabric in manner to eiempbtibie atterbetween the un- GEORGE W' MCGILL' if der surface of its ianged top andthe upper Witnesses:

surface ofthe flange of such anvil-bur. W. HARRY MCGrILLI Signed atRiverdale in the county of New MARY L. H. MCGILL.

